Where does “petalsome” come from?

petalsome (English) comes from English some, from Middle English som, from Old English sum, from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic sumaz, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

petalsome (English): Full of petals

Definitions

  1. Full of petals

Ancestry of “petalsome”, step by step

petalsome traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English some

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsomeA certain number, at least two; An indefinite...
2Middle Englishsomsome
3Old Englishsumsome
4Proto-West Germanic*sumsome
5Proto-Germanicsumazsome (one), a certain (one)
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

via English petal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpetalOne of the component parts of the corolla of a...
2Latinpetalumpetal
3Ancient Greekπέταλονleaf of plant, flower, or tree
4Ancient Greekπέταλοςbroad, flat
5Proto-Hellenic*pétalos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sumaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sum →